Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Tennessee

my wife and i had a car repoed for non payment.they took us to court to granish my check/ i made a payment arangments for $100.00 a month and they put a lean on my home for $9800.00.now they are trying sue my wife who is not working for the debt.can they do this even if they got a lean on our home.

thank you,

kenny


Asked on 8/12/10, 1:58 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Howard R. Peppel Peppel, Gomes & MacIntosh, P.C.

Yes, your wife can be sued so long as she also signed the retail installment contract for the car. This is true regardless of whether or not a judgment lien was filed against your home for the judgment entered against you.

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Answered on 8/17/10, 3:22 pm


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